Word info

stuck on

Adjective

Meaning

(slang, idiomatic, of a person) Infatuated with; romantically attracted to; in love with.

(idiomatic, of a thing, fact, etc.) Fascinated by; enchanted by.

(idiomatic, of a problem, thing, or situation) Puzzled or stumped by.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose. Thomas Szasz

I simply believe that a book has a journey to make, and should not be condemned to being stuck on a shelf... Let's leave our books free to travel, then, to be touched by other hands, and enjoyed by other eyes. Paulo Coelho

Percy: I thought I'd lost my mom forever, and I was stuck on a hill in a thunderstorm fighting this huge bull dude while Grover was passed out wailing. "Food!” It was terrifying, man. Rick Riordan

Whenever I've been stuck on a project, it's always brought me solace to the return to books that moved me in the past. It's a nice way to get outside my own head; and it brings me back to one of the most important reasons I write at all: to bring some pleasure to readers, to make them think or feel. Leslie Jamison

The person who gets stuck on trivial prosperity will not attain great prosperity. Tibetan Proverb

A head stuck on a pike no longer conspires. Norse Proverb

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